natal

[neyt-l] / ˈneɪt l /

ADJECTIVE

native

Synonyms

STRONGEST

endemic indigenous inherent innate natural

STRONG

constitutional essential fundamental original real

WEAK

built-in congenital connate connatural genuine hereditary inborn ingrained inherited instinctive intrinsic inwrought unacquired

Antonyms

WEAK

acquired alien foreign learned outside

ADJECTIVE

natural

Synonyms

STRONGEST

common essential innate instinctive legitimate logical ordinary reasonable usual

STRONG

characteristic commonplace constant familiar general native probable regular uniform universal

WEAK

accustomed anticipated congenital connatural consistent counted on customary habitual inborn indigenous ingenerate inherent intuitive involuntary looked-for matter-of-course prevailing prevalent relied on spontaneous typic typical unacquired uncontrolled

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abnormal atypical extraordinary irregular uncommon unreasonable unusual

STRONG

changing exceptional foreign inconsistent infrequent particular rare unsteady

WEAK

affected artificial different fixed modified pretended refined unnatural

Example Sentences

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The threshold is tripped when a population of fish has 50 or fewer spawners return to natal streams for four consecutive years.

From Seattle Times

“The natal collar — the white ring around the neck — of one of the cubs leads us to believe this is the same family of bears.”

From Seattle Times

Since it opened its doors in 1989, around 75% of GIDS' patients had been boys - natal males to use the language of the service at the time, now referred to as assigned male at birth.

From BBC

If their natal pond is drained, they may not reproduce after that.

From Washington Times

"I want trans women to be safe. At the same time, I do not want to make natal girls and women less safe," Rowling wrote.

From Salon

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